Frost & Sullivan Recognises Industry Disruptors and Innovators at its Prestigious Banquet

Best-in-class companies across Africa recognised at Cape Town's The Table Bay Hotel

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Sept. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan honored its Best Practices Awards recipients at its annual Growth, Innovation & Leadership Awards banquet held on September 13, 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa at The Table Bay Hotel. The event brought together top leaders and innovators to celebrate their success.         

Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices Awards are presented each year to companies that are predicted to encourage significant growth in their industries, have identified emerging trends before they became a marketplace standard, and have created advanced technologies that will catalyze and transform industries in the near future.

"Our Awards program has now been in existence for more than fifteen years," said Jeff Frigstad, Global Sr. Vice President, Best Practices, Frost & Sullivan. "These Awards come from the rigor used by our talented team of 2,000 thought leaders from over 50 global offices working with more than 200,000 clients to locate the best."

Awarded companies include:

Afrique Telecom - 2018 Sub-Saharan African Communications Services Enabling Technology Leadership Award
Brown Button Foundation - 2017 African Sterilized Childbirth Kit Visionary Innovation Leadership Award
EmptyTrips - 2018 South African On-demand Logistics New Product Innovation Award
Enviro Loo - 2017 Southern African Dry Sanitation Company of the Year Award
Fidson Healthcare - 2018 Nigerian Pharmaceutical Production and Distribution Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership Award
Gemalto - 2018 Middle Eastern & African Smart Cards Customer Value Leadership Award
Guidepost - 2018 South African Diabetes Management Services Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award
Kiara Health - 2018 African Health Product and Technology Distributor Visionary Innovation Leadership Award
NuRAN Wireless - 2018 Sub-Saharan African Tower Infrastructure Enabling Technology Leadership Award
RedCloud Technologies - 2017 Sub-Saharan African Enterprise Software for Financial Services Visionary Innovation Leadership Award
redPanda Software - 2017 South African Enterprise Software for Retail Customer Value Leadership Award
Rift Valley Energy Tanzania - 2017 East African Renewable Energy Development and Distribution Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership Award
SqwidNet - 2018 South African LPWAN Enabling Technology Leadership Award
Utility Systems - 2018 Sub-Saharan African Smart Water Management Solutions Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership Award
Vodacom - 2018 African IoT Technology Innovation Award 

Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research in order to identify best practices.

For further information about the Awards Banquet, please contact a member of the Best Practices Team.

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